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• Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Broward

  

  Update:
  The severe thunderstorm warning has been discontinued.

  Original blog:

  The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southeast Broward and northeast Miami-Dade through 5 p.m.

  Doppler radar has indicated a line of thunderstorms in that area could produce quarter-size hail and 60 mph winds.

  Areas [...]

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• NOAA delays issuing hurricane season outlook

  

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric won’t be issuing its outlook for hurricane season this Thursday, as had been scheduled.

  A press conference, which was to be held on Thursday morning at NOAA’s Hurricane Research Division on Virginia Key in Miami, has been delayed.

  Why? Susan Buchanan, NOAA spokeswoman [...]

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• Rainy season has arrived

  

  It’s official: Rainy season started on Sunday.

  The afternoon thunderstorms of the past two days ushered it in, meteorologist Robert Molleda of the National Weather Service in Miami said today.

  That means thunderstorms will be a near-daily occurrence through mid October, “not to mention the constant mugginess [...]

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• Time to prepare for hurricane season - and all the kickoff events

  

  Next week is National Hurricane Preparedness Week. It seeks to educate the public on tropical storm hazards, including high winds, storm surge and flooding.

  Its ultimate aim is to get you to prepare early and develop a plan. Hopefully, most people will do so.

  For those who [...]

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• NOAA: Planet saw warmest January-April on record

  

  The world keeps heating up.

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today reports:

  -- The combined land and ocean surface temperature worldwide was the warmest on record for April.

  -- It also was the warmest ever for January-April.

  -- Last month’s average ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record [...]

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• Heat and storms this week

  

  Looks like it's going to be hot and stormy at least through mid week. That is primarily because of a disturbance moving in from the Gulf of Mexico.

  Thereafter, you can still expect a chance of rain and storms, as the summertime pattern is settling in. On' [...]

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• NOAA to release storm season outlook on Thursday

  

  NOAA will release its outlook for hurricane season on Thursday, and the guess here is that it will call for a busy – if not a very busy – year.

  Generally, NOAA’s forecast roughly follows that of Phil Klotzbach and William Gray of Colorado State University, as [...]

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• Hot, breezy weekend ahead

  

  Plan on a hot weekend.

  However, it shouldn’t be overly steamy, thanks to a breeze.

  Something worth repeating: The breezes help create dangerous rip currents at the beach. So unless you're on a nice big boat, like the Queen Mary 2, be careful out there.

  Today’s forecast calls' [...]

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• Thank the breeze for comfortable weather

  

  Hope you’ve been enjoying the weather this week. It’s been surprisingly comfortable.

  The strong breeze coming off the ocean has something to do with that. It’s moderating temperatures. It’s also creating a strong risk of rip currents at the beach, in case you’re headed that way.

  Today’s [...]

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• Dangerous rip currents at beaches

  

  Watch out for rip currents at the beach today and Thursday, state emergency management officials warn.

  Here's a press release, in part, just sent out:

  When red flags are flying beachgoers need to be aware that swimming in the Atlantic Ocean can be dangerous.

  "Despite sunny skies and warm" [...]

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